Plenty of actors and musicians work under a stage name. Sometimes, however, they pull what I'd describe as a"Hannah Montana is actually Miley Stewart" moment and drop their stage name for their real one.The first casting director James Rodriguez auditioned for refused to cast him as the lead because of his Mexican last name.
His second audition landed him a role in a TV pilot, but production encouraged him to"give some real consideration" to changing his name because they didn't think he"look[ed] Mexican enough." So, after talking the decision through with his dad, heHowever, 20 years later, he realized he"essentially perpetuated an institutionalized element of what's broken about this industry." So, he decided to change his professional name to James Roday Rodriguez .
Rodríguez is a Spanish lastname . Would you say Smith is an American lastname? . Educate yourself a little bit .